'Draft Gore' 2008 petition has received 70,000 new signatures since Nobel prize win

[sabra]

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SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) — A petition calling for Al Gore to enter the 2008 election race was swollen by thousands of signatures after the former US Vice-President's Nobel Peace Prize victory, organisers revealed Tuesday.

The national Draft Gore organization (www.draftgore.com) said traffic on its website surged dramatically in the wake of the latest honor given to the environmental crusader, who has also won an Oscar and an Emmy in the last year.

Draft Gore said the number of signatures on its petition spiked to more than 200,000 in the four days since the Nobel victory was announced, a jump of some 70,000. The site received nearly 100,000 hits on Friday.

According to web tracking firm Alexa.com, traffic on Draftgore.com surpassed Hillary Clinton's official campaign website by more than two-to-one on Friday.

[mmonk]

1. Very impressive.

[lapfog_1]

2. Just imagine if he announced. - n/t